sorrow
Example Sentences
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Sorrow and wonder intermingle in the astute girl’s turbulent journey.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025
At the Church of the Icon of Our Lady Quench My Sorrow, five grey onion domes rise into the overcast Moscow sky.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024
In fact, they're having so much fun that they are living in a full-fledged, delusional fantasy that makes "Barbie" look like "The Sorrow and the Pity."
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2023
Birth is suffering; Decay is suffering; Death is suffering; Sorrow, Lamentation, Pain, Grief, and Despair, are suffering; not to get what one desires, is suffering.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The Sorrow Eater by now looked as old as dust.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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